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plus cbs political director john dickerson, and over on the left, where they're very comfortable, david corn who write for "mother jones" the author of a new ebook called "47%," uncovering the romney video that rockedly the 2012 election. david, of course, is the one who broke that story. and also with us today, katrina vanden heuvel of "the nation" magazine. i want to talk about this libya thing and see what you all think is the political impact of that in a minute. but frank luntz is here, and you did some very interesting research on the vice presidential debate. bring us up to speed on what that was. >> we have done three sessions and they all concluded the same thing, that joe biden did well on the substance, but they were so angry with his style and want more that you split screen the two of them where they could see biden's interruptions and smiling and the laughing, it's funny i actually wrote down on my note, don't interrupt and don't smile. they didn't want that from the vice president. and he could have gained points. but not a single person in any session switched. there the
plus cbs political director john dickerson, and over on the left, where they're very comfortable, david corn who write for "mother jones" the author of a new ebook called "47%," uncovering the romney video that rockedly the 2012 election. david, of course, is the one who broke that story. and also with us today, katrina vanden heuvel of "the nation" magazine. i want to talk about this libya thing and see what you all think is the political impact of that in a...
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and it wouldn't be a political panel without our own john dickerson. on the other side, bob shrum, longtime democratic consultant, now a contributor for the the "daily beast." and john fund writes for the conservative magazine "national review." you know, we've got to talk about the weather this morning, folks. i thought this would be the one thing that wouldn't be entering into this campaign that has a little of of everything else. ruth, what do you think the impact of this thing could be? >> who knew the october surprise was going to be a hurricane? we've had everything else in this campaign. why not that. i think the really interesting phenomenon with the hurricane, or frankenstorm, or whatever we're going to end up calling it, is its intersection with this other new tom none, which is early voting. we don't really have election day in america anymore. we have election month. and the democrats have actually been a little bit ahead of republicans in 2008, and possibly this cycle. they've certainly been feeling very good about their early voting turno
and it wouldn't be a political panel without our own john dickerson. on the other side, bob shrum, longtime democratic consultant, now a contributor for the the "daily beast." and john fund writes for the conservative magazine "national review." you know, we've got to talk about the weather this morning, folks. i thought this would be the one thing that wouldn't be entering into this campaign that has a little of of everything else. ruth, what do you think the impact of this...
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bay buchanan, pollster frank lutz and our own john dickerson. that's a lot but this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning. senator lindsey graham is one of the senior republicans on the armed services committee. and he has been looking into this attack. senator, welcome to the broadcast. i know you have been investigating this. have you reached an conclusions on why the administration waited so long to acknowledge this w the work of terrorists? >> well, the facts are there was never a riot. the night in question, september 11, ambassador stevens was being visited by the turkish ambassador. and the coordinated attack lasted for hours with al qaeda-associated militia. my belief is that that was known by the administration within 24 hours. and, quite frankly, susan rice, on your show on september 16, the president on the 18th, the and the 25th, kept talkin talking about an attack inspired by a video. they're trying to sell a narrative, quite fr
bay buchanan, pollster frank lutz and our own john dickerson. that's a lot but this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: good morning. senator lindsey graham is one of the senior republicans on the armed services committee. and he has been looking into this attack. senator, welcome to the broadcast. i know you have been investigating this. have you reached an conclusions on...
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and last but not least, our own john dickerson. but before we begin this discussion, i do want to take note that former south dakota senator george mcgovern, who was the democratic presidential candidate in 1972, died this morning. he was 90. he had remained active in public service and interested in politics and public affairs until the very end. last spring, moderated a panel at hunter college in new york that included senator mcgovern, former vice president walter mondale, among others, and he was energetic, engauging, and very witty. he was a world war ii bomber pilot before going into politics. and even those who disagreed with him that you felt him as a very nice man. george mcgovern has passed on at 90. and now to the news of the day. peggy noonan, let's start with you. what do you think the stakes are for this debate tomorrow night? >> oh, i think the stakes are pretty high for both candidates. it is the last of three debates. it is the last time i think the american people are going to see these two men together before vot
and last but not least, our own john dickerson. but before we begin this discussion, i do want to take note that former south dakota senator george mcgovern, who was the democratic presidential candidate in 1972, died this morning. he was 90. he had remained active in public service and interested in politics and public affairs until the very end. last spring, moderated a panel at hunter college in new york that included senator mcgovern, former vice president walter mondale, among others, and...
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john fund of the "national review." and cbs news political director, john dickerson. here comes the storm because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. welcome to "face the nation." and if there were not enough political and weather news, add this-- an earthquake that measures a magnitude of 7.7 has taken place off the coast of western canada. no injuries or damage reported so far there. so we're going to start with the big storm up the east coast of the united states, hurricane sandy. for that, we go to chief meteorologist david bernard from our miami, florida, station wfor. dave, tell us what you know. >> reporter: all right, good morning, bob. all right the weather is starting to affect the mid-atlantic states and the outer banks of north carolina. we can see sandy's rain bands already spreading well inland. this is a massive storm so the weather is going downhill today for the entire east coast. now, this is the wind field forecast. this is for
john fund of the "national review." and cbs news political director, john dickerson. here comes the storm because this is "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs from cbs news in washington, "face the nation" with bob schieffer. >> schieffer: and good morning again. welcome to "face the nation." and if there were not enough political and weather news, add this-- an earthquake that measures a magnitude of 7.7 has taken place off the coast of...
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john dickerson is our cbs news political director. jo john, some republicans are areplaining these polls aren't ren'ting an accurate picture. do they have a case? se reporter: well, they have a >>se when they remind us that polls are a snapshot in time and that things can change. howly what we should look at in polls is the trends and how things are moving over time, the orrrents. and right now those favor barack obama. the polls are really more like a painting than they are a digital photograph. one of the other complaints is that pollsters are talking to too many democrats. in 2004 democrats said pollsters were talking to too many oepublicans. it's a standard complaint for the party that the currents are moving against. >> pelley: john, why is there such a difference between the whichnal poll which is lssentially a tie and the poll in the battleground states? >> well, they're really polls of to different countries. the battleground states people erentseen millions of dollars of e battany negative. they've gotten visits on their door
john dickerson is our cbs news political director. jo john, some republicans are areplaining these polls aren't ren'ting an accurate picture. do they have a case? se reporter: well, they have a >>se when they remind us that polls are a snapshot in time and that things can change. howly what we should look at in polls is the trends and how things are moving over time, the orrrents. and right now those favor barack obama. the polls are really more like a painting than they are a digital...
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dickerson. john, the format tomorrow is a town hall meeting. what kind of challenges does that present for the candidates? >> well, both candidates are trying to strike a balance, criticize their opponent while not appearing so aggressive that they turn off voters. that would be hard to do in any debate setting, but in this case they'll be doing it in response to a question from a voter in the audience. the more the candidate talks about their opponents' flaw it is more it looks like they're not answering the voter's question. it's one thing to ignore at a moderator but when it's a voter it's more dangerous, especially when the voter shows their displeasure on their face for the cameras. >> pelley: john, you've been talking to your sources at the obama campaign. tomorrow will be their last chance to talk about the economy and the obama campaign is changing its strategy a bit. >> they're betting people are feeling better about the economy. the unemployment rate is below 8% and in that "washington
dickerson. john, the format tomorrow is a town hall meeting. what kind of challenges does that present for the candidates? >> well, both candidates are trying to strike a balance, criticize their opponent while not appearing so aggressive that they turn off voters. that would be hard to do in any debate setting, but in this case they'll be doing it in response to a question from a voter in the audience. the more the candidate talks about their opponents' flaw it is more it looks like...
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john dickerson is in toledo, ohio. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> i want to take a look at this first on the outside, the rallies. do you see any change in the tone or feeling of the rallies that you're watching? >> reporter: well, you know, when you're at a romney rally, since denver, his good performance in that first debate, what you started to see not just enthusiasm of beating barack obama but enthusiasm for mitt romney. we talked about mitt romney being a tepid, acceptable nominee. now when he's on stage, he'll say things that have nothing to do with beating barack obama and the crowds go nuts. it doesn't mean he'll win the election, but it suggests the kind of change and what you need going into the final stretch for romney. being obama rallies this week too, he still has plenty of support. if this race feels tied in every possible way, the enthusiasm in rallies feels tied too. >> what do you notice with conversations from insiders in terms of where they may be nervous, maybe they say
john dickerson is in toledo, ohio. john, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, charlie. >> i want to take a look at this first on the outside, the rallies. do you see any change in the tone or feeling of the rallies that you're watching? >> reporter: well, you know, when you're at a romney rally, since denver, his good performance in that first debate, what you started to see not just enthusiasm of beating barack obama but enthusiasm for mitt romney. we talked about mitt...
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. >>> and cbs news political director john dickerson is here. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk first about that gallup poll that shows mitt romney up seven points. does that suggest this race is heading in romney's direction? >> if you're mitt romney you love that number. something is moving in your direction. there's a lot of debate about that gallup daily tracking poll whether it lacks where the race really is. after the first debate, the gallup daily track still had it up for the president. there are also other criticisms about his likely voter, the way it looks at likely voter. it's a bit of an outlier from other polls. if you're mitt romney you should like it but we should be skeptical. >> aren't we looking closely on what's going on in the battle ground states. there were two polls out last night, iowa and wisconsin two battle ground states which suggests obama still holds a lead in those two states. what about other states? is romney doing better in north carolina, florida, virginia? >> florida, colorado. he's doing bett
. >>> and cbs news political director john dickerson is here. john, good morning. >> good morning. >> let's talk first about that gallup poll that shows mitt romney up seven points. does that suggest this race is heading in romney's direction? >> if you're mitt romney you love that number. something is moving in your direction. there's a lot of debate about that gallup daily tracking poll whether it lacks where the race really is. after the first debate, the gallup...
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i want to bring in our cbs news political director john dickerson, and the cohost of "cbs this morning" norah o'donnell into the conversation. norah, let me start request you. what did you hear in the debate so far? >> democrats said they wanted to let joe biden be joe biden and heave that and more. he was pugnacious. he was combative. and he took ryan at every turn. he tried to have the last word on every single issue whether it was libya, iran, afghanistan, taxes, medicare. and i think the goal for joe biden was to play cleanup after last week's lackluster debate performance by president obama. and that was his goal tonight and he hit a lot of key points that obama failed to make in that last debate. >> pelley: what vice president biden had to do is act as a circuit breaker, essentially. the romney campaign came out of that first debate in denver with a great deal of momentum and it was biden's job to be a firewall, to break that momentum, john dickerson. >> he did it for democrats. i think democrats are going to run this back on their tivos and watch the greatest hits. he touched on
i want to bring in our cbs news political director john dickerson, and the cohost of "cbs this morning" norah o'donnell into the conversation. norah, let me start request you. what did you hear in the debate so far? >> democrats said they wanted to let joe biden be joe biden and heave that and more. he was pugnacious. he was combative. and he took ryan at every turn. he tried to have the last word on every single issue whether it was libya, iran, afghanistan, taxes, medicare....
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john dickerson from "slate" magazine wrote the following which i thought really captured what we saw. in the vice presidential debate, joe biden found a way to be the participant and the guy in the barcalounger at home yelling at the television. he interrupted with interjections, sighs and quips. he appealed to the heavens and looked to the floor. when he wasn't engaged in those antics, biden laughed and smiled to himself as if ryan had sold him something illegal he just consumed. at times he was so dismissive he seemed just seconds away from reaching across and patting ryan on the head. does it matter? >> i think it matters. i heard all of it, and i don't agree with it at all. the guy clearly won the debate among independents. that's what counts here, people in the middle and undecided. joe biden won 51-30. he dominated the guy. i think he offered him an internship after it was all over. the fact of the matter is he dominated him. people can talk about joe biden. but what i think people like about him is he's authentic. the one thing about joe biden is you believe what he was telling
john dickerson from "slate" magazine wrote the following which i thought really captured what we saw. in the vice presidential debate, joe biden found a way to be the participant and the guy in the barcalounger at home yelling at the television. he interrupted with interjections, sighs and quips. he appealed to the heavens and looked to the floor. when he wasn't engaged in those antics, biden laughed and smiled to himself as if ryan had sold him something illegal he just consumed. at...
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i >> john dickerson, thank you. to we'll see you in boca raton for the third debate next week.e you >> a second man has been charged in the alleged bomb plot against the federal reserve bank in new york. he was first arrested two months famil ago on child pornography charges. the family of the bomber denies he could have done it. he said he spent his life savings to send his son to the united states for college. mark is in missouri where the suspect went to school. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, how quazi nafis arrested in a terror plot after a sting seems like a mystery who thought they knew him. that's true where he went to o college for one semester. fbi agents are now examining possessions of nafis, collected from his new york apartment. from h from papers to computer thumb drives. the fbi affidavit states nafis claims to have connections to al qaeda overseas. con investigators want to know is h whether nafis had accomplices. t mess he faces a life sentence. federal agents swooped on to southeast mess
i >> john dickerson, thank you. to we'll see you in boca raton for the third debate next week.e you >> a second man has been charged in the alleged bomb plot against the federal reserve bank in new york. he was first arrested two months famil ago on child pornography charges. the family of the bomber denies he could have done it. he said he spent his life savings to send his son to the united states for college. mark is in missouri where the suspect went to school. good morning....
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joining us tonight are norah o'donnell, the cohost of cbs "this morning," john dickerson, our cbs news political director and juan zuarte, former staff member at the national security council. norah, what did you see in the debate tonight? a very different tone. >> that's right, this is the third and final debate. at the first debate, we saw a very aggressive mitt romney prosecuting the case against president obama and his economic record. in this final debate which was on foreign policy you saw mitt romney really avoided the jugular in many respects. he seemed intent on moderating his rhetoric. he repeatedly said that the president was right on issues, that he concurred with him on a number of issues. in fact, it was president obama who said that romney was having a hard time differentiating himself. it was president obama who accused romney of being "all over the map" on foreign policy and, scott, we have seen the strongest argument from mitt romney on foreign policy has been criticizing this president on that consulate attack in benghazi, tonight he didn't follow through on that. it
joining us tonight are norah o'donnell, the cohost of cbs "this morning," john dickerson, our cbs news political director and juan zuarte, former staff member at the national security council. norah, what did you see in the debate tonight? a very different tone. >> that's right, this is the third and final debate. at the first debate, we saw a very aggressive mitt romney prosecuting the case against president obama and his economic record. in this final debate which was on...
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. >> john dickerson is with us. john, did joe biden achieve what they wanted him to do in this debate which is to stop mitt romney's momentum? >> in part. what he did is give democrats something to cheer about. i mean joe biden was out there, hitting ryan and romney on everything that democrats said president obama had left on the table. in fact in one answer he did three of those attacks all in a single sentence. he came with a full set of weaponry and used everything he could. now does that stop the momentum of romney? what romney did was two things. he energized his base and reached out to swing voters. i'm not sure joe biden in that constantly laughing and interrupting did much with swing voters. may have even turned them off. swing voters will make their decision on the top of the ticket. if that's a down side one that won't matter. >> you just mentioned there's a lot of cheering for joe biden, re-energized the base. is it troubling to some that this close to the election that people feel the base needs be re-e
. >> john dickerson is with us. john, did joe biden achieve what they wanted him to do in this debate which is to stop mitt romney's momentum? >> in part. what he did is give democrats something to cheer about. i mean joe biden was out there, hitting ryan and romney on everything that democrats said president obama had left on the table. in fact in one answer he did three of those attacks all in a single sentence. he came with a full set of weaponry and used everything he could. now...
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economist and from washington cbs news political director john dickerson. it is gate to have both of you with us. i want to begin with you elsen about the jobs report. how do you characterize it? >> i would characterize jobs in general remaining slow, too slow and been moving sideways on average since last year. but this was a better report. households told us we created a lot more jobs in september and not only that more people came back in the labor market to look for work. that's typically a sign of confidence on the part of households that their prospects for getting a job have improved. wages were up. the work week was longer. people were working longer hours. there were a lot of good pieces within this report. >> a number of jobs in the report were part time, two-thirds of the lower end of the unemployment rate came from these part time jobs. what does that say to you about the recovery? >> that's the trend in place. when the unemployment rate is high, it came down but still high it means it's an employers labor market and in order to get everybody em
economist and from washington cbs news political director john dickerson. it is gate to have both of you with us. i want to begin with you elsen about the jobs report. how do you characterize it? >> i would characterize jobs in general remaining slow, too slow and been moving sideways on average since last year. but this was a better report. households told us we created a lot more jobs in september and not only that more people came back in the labor market to look for work. that's...